"Marcantonio Correr is in Amsterdam. The author completes his discussion of the VOC. He comments on the many ships in the harbour and the overseas trading and discovering activities of the Dutch. The author mentions the merchants trading on the bridge, until the Beurs was built. The Beurs was an expensive project, but the government expects revenues from the rent of shop spaces around the building. The author comments on the government of the city, and the lack of courtesy towards Correr."